Quote:We will not be throwing the baby out with the bath water. Any replacement system must support the base functionality of the current system, and must maintain the linking work that has already been put into our database. Ideally any replacement system will also improve upon the current system:

- Eliminate the birth year in the online database- Eliminate the CLT as a name determination tool- Allow entry of properly accented and formatted names- Require no changes to existing profiles when an actor changes names (e.g actress gets married)

It's still cooking. The only thing worse than a late supper is an undercooked supper / software release. In the mean time, here's another peek. These show the expanded interface for refreshing updated profiles:

Note the new options to skip unchanged. Although this was partially possible via right-click in prior releases, the new version analyzes the update against your local database and determines which changes will not apply. Optionally, changes in locked sections are ignored in the comparison. Additionally, this feature considers data which respect the local database choice (such as box set contents and cast/crew name capitalization).

For profiles with no changes at all, 'No changes' is displayed. For profiles with changes that will not be applied due to your preferences, 'No effects' is displayed. If the checkbox is selected, the program will skip these updates.

If you elect to view these changes, you can also choose to specifically accept the name changes on a case-by-case basis.

Note also the option at the bottom, Show: Differences Only. An additional choice is available here to show Effective Changes only. So for example the cast differences shown here would not be shown.

This will certainly help in keeping all of the stuff I don't like, that is in the online DB, from polluting my local.

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